Scratch those Sheldon Souray trade rumors

One day after I make my pitch to get Sheldon Souray from the Oilers, to give the Avs a missing piece to the puzzle, he breaks his hand tonight in a fight with Jarome Iginla. That pretty much says it all about the Oilers’ season right there. So, I guess we can forget about Souray coming to Denver and unleashing his huge slap shot on the power play. Not to easy to shoot a puck with a broken hand.

Ouch for our division rivals. Why I feel sorry for them I don't know. Some hand breaks are very quickly healed. Some are long term (and never really heal). I still believe he would add a lot of value over the next 2-3 years if we picked him up though AD. Your previous article still has absolute validity in my view.Would he have been good in our current situation, and on the powerplay – definitely.Can he offer us that ability for the next 2-3 years – heck yes.

A different Mike

Don't feel too bad. They'll have Taylor Hall soon enough…

Justin

If the Oilers get Taylor Hall, the Avs won't have a prayer of making the playoffs next year. Calgary is still a force. Vancouver is far better than Colorado. Minnesota is far better than their current record.The Avs are screwed if Hall ends up in Edmonton, and it looks like he will.

Tyler

Oh so you mean kinda like how they didn't have a chance to make them this year? Seriously I hate to break it to you but the Oilers have a lot more problems than just drafting Taylor Hall is going to fix, and another thing the Avs can still win the division, they're ahead of the Wild and Flames so they must not be better than the Avs, that seems to be the only logical conclusion here. The Canucks are far better? Check the standings they are only 4 points ahead and have played more games than the Avs. They can score and they get great goaltending from Anderson which is alot of what you need to win. But hey whatever helps you sleep at night, cuz saying something like that leads me to believe you can't be an Avs fan.

http://hellmask.posterous.com/ CM

Bummer.

Peterman

Right. The Oilers have several bloated contracts, including Penner, Horcoff, and Khabibulin (sp?). They will be in trouble for a few more years before things get better. Of course, this can all change very quickly, as we have seen – but it would take some serious trade-deadline moving or off-season magic to happen anytime soon. They just don't have the expiring contracts they desperately need.

Darth

Are you sure about that one-handed shot? Certainly a one-handed Souray could still fire accurate point shots better than a 2-handed Wolski?

iandickie

Phaneuf to toronto at least he is out of our division now

Peterman

Whaaa… ?I log off Spector for 2 seconds and this happens? I don't believe it.

Peterman

Amazing. It's confirmed.Also hearing about Giguere to Toronto for Toskala and Blake

ard8

Like I said, Souray is always injured. And this is not the first time he's hurt himself fighting. That's how he lost his first season in Edmonton.I also don't see this trade making the Flames a Cup favorite. Their biggest need was a top tier center to work with Iggy and it's still their biggest need after this trade. The trade helps the Flames in a variety of ways but it could also help the Leafs.I still think the NW division is a bit of a mediocre division and I still feel the Canucks are the best team on paper. Are either the Canucks or Flames a serious Cup contender? Barring further deals or rashes of injuries, the class of the West is still the Blackhawks and Sharks.

Ian

thank goodness! I'd hope that Sherman wouldn't listen to a blogger about roster moves. Souray is one of the most overrated players in the NHL. The only reason he got any recognition was because he could score some goals in Montreal one season. A player has moderate success in Montreal and they are the second coming of Larry Robinson or Maurice Richard, or in Three-or-four's case, the next Roy.

http://www.offthepost.org/ Tommy

He would have hated the strip clubs here anyway.

Snuggs

This is by far the most hilarious thing I've heard all day.

Hello Avs

Why does this rule him for a trade? The avs love to trade for hurt guys… ie Leopolod and Theodore. Why not add another dud to the roster.

iandickie

Phaneuf to toronto at least he is out of our division now

Peterman

Whaaa… ?I log off Spector for 2 seconds and this happens? I don't believe it.

Peterman

Amazing. It's confirmed.Also hearing about Giguere to Toronto for Toskala and Blake

ard8

Like I said, Souray is always injured. And this is not the first time he's hurt himself fighting. That's how he lost his first season in Edmonton.I also don't see this trade making the Flames a Cup favorite. Their biggest need was a top tier center to work with Iggy and it's still their biggest need after this trade. The trade helps the Flames in a variety of ways but it could also help the Leafs.I still think the NW division is a bit of a mediocre division and I still feel the Canucks are the best team on paper. Are either the Canucks or Flames a serious Cup contender? Barring further deals or rashes of injuries, the class of the West is still the Blackhawks and Sharks.

Ian

thank goodness! I'd hope that Sherman wouldn't listen to a blogger about roster moves. Souray is one of the most overrated players in the NHL. The only reason he got any recognition was because he could score some goals in Montreal one season. A player has moderate success in Montreal and they are the second coming of Larry Robinson or Maurice Richard, or in Three-or-four's case, the next Roy.

http://www.offthepost.org/ Tommy

He would have hated the strip clubs here anyway.

Snuggs

This is by far the most hilarious thing I've heard all day.

Hello Avs

Why does this rule him for a trade? The avs love to trade for hurt guys… ie Leopolod and Theodore. Why not add another dud to the roster.

Terry Frei graduated from Wheat Ridge High School in the Denver area and has degrees in history and journalism from the University of Colorado-Boulder. He worked for the Rocky Mountain News while attending CU and joined the Post staff after graduation. He has also worked at the Oregonian in Portland, Ore., and The Sporting News. His seventh book, March 1939: Before the Madness, was issued in February 2014.

Chambers covers college and professional hockey for The Denver Post. He has written for the Post since 1994, after dumping his first 9-to-5 office job a couple years out of college. He primarily follows the University of Denver hockey team and helps cover the Avalanche.